The Princess of Quite-A-Lot is back from her summer-long sojourn with her father and order is restored in the kingdom...with "order" being a relative term. A kingdom with a Queen in the new forty and a Princess of Quite-A-Lot of the age 11 is one helluva' a kingdom. One might argue that no moat or [...]
Tag: growing up
Smarter than the average fifth grader…
Today was Cheyenne's last day of elementary school. Next year it is middle school and all the drama that comes with moving through the tween to teenage years. Where is my prescription for happy pills? I was very proud of Cheyenne today - she has changed so much in her time in the West Fargo [...]
The last elementary school performance…
Tonight was Cheyenne's last elementary music performance. I had to darn near beg her to wear a skirt. She insisted that she would be the only one wearing a skirt and I insisted she wouldn't. Thankfully there were a handful of other girls who also wore skirts. When Cheyenne realized that she was in the [...]
11 years ago…
11 years ago today I was doing something for the very last time (I think, hope, pray - don't smite me universe)...11 years ago I gave birth to Cheyenne, my April Fool's Day baby, a mere few months before turning forty. It all seemed quite apropos at the time...a baby...on the eve of forty...on April [...]
I’ve been given clearance…
Today is the first day of fifth grade for Cheyenne. It is a big day that takes me all the way back to the first day of kindergarten - times four. With three children that are over twenty-one, I have already lived these moments before. Surprisingly that does not take the edge off the little [...]
The power of plaid…
Yesterday afternoon and evening my youngest daughter, Cheyenne, and I went shoe shopping. During this process I learned that the days of tennis shoes, thongs and boots being the sum total of acceptable footwear are gone. In addition to the many shoes she considered that were not in the above three categories during this shoe [...]
Do you need elderly assistance…
I know what you are thinking, “My goodness what an incredible likeness!” This is a picture Cheyenne drew of me in kindergarten. You may notice that I was thinner then, but my hair color remains about the same. I love the fashion statement I was making there with the purple purse, green shoes and smile. [...]
THE NEW FORTY 